Nitrogen Metabolism in Lactating Goats Fed with Diets Containing Different Protein Sources

This study aimed to evaluate urea excretion, nitrogen balance and microbial protein synthesis in lactating goats fed with diets containing different protein sources in the concentrate (soybean meal, cottonseed meal, aerial part of cassava hay and leucaena hay). Four Alpine goats whose mean body weig...

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Main Authors: A. B. Santos, M. L. A. Pereira, H. G. O. Silva, M. S. Pedreira, G. G. P. Carvalho, L. S. O. Ribeiro, P. J. P. Almeida, T. C. J. Pereira, J. V. Moreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 2014-05-01
Series:Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.ajas.info/upload/pdf/ajas-27-5-658-6.pdf